check if date between two dates laravel eloquent

//get or exist data between two dates
return Set::where('type', $type)
            ->whereDate('active_start', '<=', date("Y-m-d"))
            ->whereDate('active_end', '>=', date("Y-m-d"))
            ->first();
//@sujay

<?php 
  //check if date between two dates
$currentDate = date('Y-m-d');
$currentDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($currentDate));   
$startDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime("01/09/2019"));
$endDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime("01/10/2019"));   
if (($currentDate >= $startDate) && ($currentDate <= $endDate)){   
  echo "Current date is between two dates";
}else{    
  echo "Current date is not between two dates";  
}
//@sujay